An interview with Joan Maloof about Among the Ancients and the Old-Growth Forest Network appeared in today’s Washington Post Arts section. “I just like to point out that not every single forest should be a source of timber and money; that there are some places we should save just for the biodiversity and the beauty,” she said.

You can read the full story here: “Descriptions of ‘old-growth forest’ are somewhat elusive.”

Joan Maloof, author of Among the Ancients, has three public events scheduled in the DC area in October. Please join us for one of these events to meet the author and learn about the beauty of our Eastern ancient forests and about Dr. Maloof’s work with the Old-Growth Forest Network.

On October 20 at 7:30 pm, Dr. Maloof will be speaking to the Virginia Native Plant Society at Green Spring Gardens Park, 4603 Green Spring Rd., Alexandria, VA 22312. (Don’t rely on Google Maps for directions to this address, use the website link.)

On October 27, she will speak at the US Botanic Garden at noon. The US Botanic Garden is next to the Capitol at 100 Maryland Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20001. This program is free, but pre-registration is required. Books will not be sold at this event. Order one in advance and get it signed at the event.

And on October 28 at 10:00 am, Dr. Maloof will speak at Brookside Gardens, 1800 Glenallan Ave., Wheaton, MD 20902. Books will be available for sale.

Holyoke Community College in association with the Eastern Native Tree Society is hosting a lecture series to focus on the history, current status, and the future of the Forests of the Northeast and beyond. Joan Maloof will speak at the seventh annual Forest Summit, to be held October 13 and 14 on the Holyoke Community College campus in Holyoke, Mass. The event is free and open to the public. See the website for details.

Katie Fallon, author of the forthcoming Ruka Press book Cerulean Blues: A Personal Search for a Vanishing Songbird, will give the keynote address at the Brooks Bird Club’s annual meeting on October 22. The Brooks Bird Club, headquartered in Wheeling, West Virginia, was founded in 1932. It is an independent, educational, non-profit organization dedicated to promoting “the study and enjoyment of birds and other elements of the natural world.” The club, which has four chapters throughout West Virginia, conducts breeding and migratory bird surveys, takes trips to important bird areas, and publishes a newsletter, the quarterly journal The Redstart, and the Birding Guide to West Virginia.

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Ruka Press was recently profiled in Karen Lyon’s Literary Hill column in the August issue of the Hill Rag, our local Capitol Hill magazine. Lyon highlights our mission and philosophy, and includes a brief excerpt from our first book, Among the Ancients. Read the story here.